Clinton Criticism Could Mean Doom for LRSO

HONOLULU – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s apparent skepticism of a wide-ranging nuclear weapons modernization plan, including a new cruise missile, puts the future of America’s nuclear posture in question. According to a New York Times report released Thursday, Clinton told an audience in a February fundraiser that she would turn a critical eye to the nuclear modernization plans of the Obama administration. The news came out the same week that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter took a cross-country trip to stump for the broad modernization plan that also includes new bombers, submarine and ICBMs, along with modernized warheads and a command and control structure. “The last thing we need are sophisticated cruise missiles that are nuclear armed,” Clinton reportedly said, adding she “certainly would be inclined” to cancel the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon ...